Julie
Meaning and origin
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Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Julie has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2020. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | 10 |
| 2001 | 13 |
| 2002 | 20 |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 20 |
| 2005 | 29 |
| 2006 | 30 |
| 2007 | 39 |
| 2008 | 50 |
| 2009 | 37 |
| 2010 | 56 |
| 2011 | 93 |
| 2012 | 79 |
| 2013 | 89 |
| 2014 | 84 |
| 2015 | 111 |
| 2016 | 125 |
| 2017 | 125 |
| 2018 | 137 |
| 2019 | 128 |
| 2020 | 142 |
| 2021 | 129 |
| 2022 | 101 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 255 |
| 2000 | 279 |
| 2001 | 289 |
| 2002 | 302 |
| 2003 | 320 |
| 2004 | 347 |
| 2005 | 382 |
| 2006 | 431 |
| 2007 | 489 |
| 2008 | 555 |
| 2009 | 614 |
| 2010 | 673 |
| 2011 | 776 |
| 2012 | 864 |
| 2013 | 952 |
| 2014 | 1,059 |
| 2015 | 1,165 |
| 2016 | 1,318 |
| 2017 | 1,475 |
| 2018 | 1,629 |
| 2019 | 1,761 |
| 2020 | 1,914 |
Julie in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Julie.Hi! My name is Julie.
- Har du träffat Julie? Hon började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Julie? She started working here on Monday.
- Vet du om Julie kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Julie is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Julies mamma är lärare.Julie's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Julies mamma is Julie's mum.
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Questions about Julie
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How popular is Julie in Sweden?
101 babies were named Julie in 2022. In 2020, 1,914 people in Sweden had Julie as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2020 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.